Apple patents call screen that hides sensitive images before you answer
Apple has been granted a patent for a system that checks incoming call previews for sensitive content. If the image attached to a call request is considered sensitive, the device hides it and asks for extra confirmation before connecting the call. If the image is not sensitive, it displays normally on the screen.
In the filing’s own words
The present disclosure generally relates to managing receipt and/or transmission of content.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer system configured to communicate with one or more display generation components and one or more input devices, comprising: one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: receiving first information indicative of a request to initiate a real-time communication session that includes the computer system and a first external device different from the computer system, wherein the first information includes first visual content corresponding to the request to initiate the real-time communication session; and in response to receiving the first information: displaying, via the one or more display generation components, a first user interface indicative of the request to initiate a real-time communication session, wherein displaying the first user interface further comprises displaying an accept option that is selectable to indicate a user request to initiate a real-time communication session that includes the computer system and the first external device, including: in accordance with a determination that the first visual content satisfies a set of sensitive content criteria, displaying the first user interface without displaying the first visual content; and in accordance with a determination that the first visual content does not satisfy the set of sensitive content criteria, displaying, via the one or more display generation components, the first user interface including displaying the first visual content; while displaying the first user interface including the accept option, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a selection input corresponding to selection of the accept option; and in response to receiving the selection input corresponding to selection of the accept option: in accordance with a determination that the first visual content does not satisfy the set of sensitive content criteria: initiating a real-time communication session that includes the computer system and the first external device; and displaying, via the one or more display generation components, a real-time communication session user interface that is indicative of an active real-time communication session; and in accordance with a determination that the first visual content satisfies the set of sensitive content criteria: displaying, without initiating a real-time communication session, a confirmation user interface that includes a second accept option that is selectable to indicate a user request to initiate a real-time communication session that includes the computer system and the first external device.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Methods, devices, and user interfaces for presenting content
- Patent number
- US12739323B2
- Application number
- 18671564
- Filed
- May 22, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 7
- Claims
- 18
Classified under
H04M 1/72469 Electricity & electronicsG06F 3/0482 Physics & computingH04L 65/1069 Electricity & electronicsH04M 1/72439 Electricity & electronicsMore from Apple in Security & privacy
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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